Author: John Elder

October 7, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers assigned to the Homicide and Arson Units have made an arrest in the fatal fire that occurred on the 1500 block of Park Avenue South on 10/06/2017. Marcus Dewayne Shanks, age 30, has been booked into Hennepin County Jail on Probable Cause Murder Charges. His booking photograph is being held. […]

October 4, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers from the Fifth Precinct responded to the 200 block of Lake Street West at approximately 3:33 p.m. in response to a 911 caller who heard the sound of gunshots. As officers were responding, the call was updated to a shooting. When officers arrived they located an adult male with a […]

October 4, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers from the 4th Precinct responded to a report of one down in the rear of 2505 Penn Avenue North on 09-29-2017 at approximately 6:46 p.m. The 911 caller reported seeing a male down, with blood around him, next to a vehicle. When officers arrived, they located a 21-year-old male victim […]

October 4, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers assigned to the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) have made an arrest in the stabbing death of a man that occurred on the 2200 block of Lake Street East on 10/03/2017. Frank Runningshield Jr, age 43, has been booked into Hennepin County Jail on Probable Cause Murder Charges. His booking […]

September 28, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers from the 2nd Precinct responded to the 2900 block of Taylor Street Northeast on an unknown trouble call at approximately 6:44 a.m. While officers were responding more information was added to the call that a house was on fire and a female had been burned. The Minneapolis Fire Department and […]

September 25, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Around 8:43 a.m. officers from the Fifth Precinct responded to 1006 61st Street West regarding a 9-1-1 call alerting dispatchers a female had died at the residence. When officers arrived, they went inside the home and located an adult female who was later pronounced deceased by paramedics. Officers arrested an adult […]

September 18, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) On September 16, 2017, Investigators from the MPD’s Homicide Unit were notified that the man who had been injured in a shooting from September 12, 2017, had died at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC). The name of the deceased, as well as the nature of his death, will be released by […]

The Minneapolis Police Department has arrested an adult male connected to the September 17th fatal crash that occurred at the intersection of Stinson Boulevard Northeast and Ridgeway Parkway. Michael Laurence Campbell, age 21, has been booked into the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center on Probable Cause Criminal Vehicular Homicide. … The booking photo of the […]

September 15, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers from the 3rd Precinct responded to Franklin Avenue East and Chicago Avenue South at approximately 7:15 a.m. after someone called 911 to report a shooting. When officers arrived, they located an adult male who had been shot. Paramedics transported the man to Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) where he was […]

September 9, 2017 (MINNEAPOLIS) Officers from the Fifth Precinct responded to the 4500 block of Stevens Avenue South around 2:52 a.m. in response to several 9-1-1 callers who heard the sound of gunshots. One of the 9-1-1 callers reported a vehicle crashed into the freeway sound wall just east of Stevens Avenue South. When officers […]